Greens demand Cambodia deal details

The Australian | August 11, 2014 

The Greens have called on parliament to block any deal that allows refugees to be sent to Cambodia. Source: AAP

THE Australian Greens have called on parliament to block any deal that allows Australia to send refugees to Cambodia. 

THE federal government appears close to finalising a deal, with reports Immigration Minister Scott Morrison will travel to Cambodia this week.

Under an agreement with Phnom Penh, up to 1000 refugees from the Australian-run detention centre in Nauru would be resettled in Cambodia. The Greens want Labor and Senate crossbenchers to block the deal, which needs parliamentary approval. "It is time the government was upfront," Greens immigration spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young told reporters in Adelaide. A spokesman for Mr Morrison said negotiations were continuing but the government has welcomed the "receptive and positive" response from Cambodia so far.